{"id":13294,"date":"2022-06-19T17:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T22:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/?p=13294"},"modified":"2022-06-19T17:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T22:43:18","slug":"rafters-walk-it-off-for-second-straight-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/2022\/06\/19\/rafters-walk-it-off-for-second-straight-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafters Walk It Off for Second Straight Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. &#8211; There must be magic in these historic walls, as Witter Field Wonders strike again on Father\u2019s Day for the second straight game in a row.\u00a0 After a knockdown, drag out 11 innings against the Rockford Rivets, Colin Tuft walked it off for the Rats in the bottom of the 11th to win 5-4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just as how last night\u2019s game started, a pitching duel ensued to begin the game.\u00a0 The Rivets starter, Ross Thompson, shut down the Rafters through the first three innings.\u00a0 Rafters starter, Jake Dahle, threw two scoreless innings to begin the game, but then the Rivets offense came alive in the third.\u00a0 Leadoff hitter, Dylan Robertson, lined an RBI single into right field, as Rockford took a 1-0 lead.\u00a0 Dahle exited the game after the three innings of one-hit on one-run ball, as he struck out two and walked one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jacob Igawa picked up where he left off in last night\u2019s walk-off, as he hit an RBI single in the fourth to tie up the game, 1-1.\u00a0 However, the Rivets retook the lead in the top of the fifth against Rafter reliever Cam Nolet.\u00a0 Cam McDonald hit another RBI single to make it a 2-1 game.\u00a0 Rockford scored one more on Nolet in the sixth, to give the Rivets a two-run lead, 3-1.\u00a0 Nolet finished his outing with three innings pitched while giving up two runs on three hits, allowed two walks, and struck out one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both teams were held scoreless in the seventh, as Rafters reliever, Connor Kurki, threw another 1-2-3 inning, his third of the season in just as many appearances.\u00a0 Ben Adams had a 1-2-3 top of the eighth, as Rafters first baseman, Jacob Igawa, turned an unassisted double play in the inning.\u00a0 Wisconsin Rapids scored their second run of the game off of the first and third play, in which Ben Ross attempted to steal second, got caught in a run, and then Colin Tuft stole home to make a 3-2 game.\u00a0 Ross Thompson\u2019s impressive outing finished after the eighth, as he threw eight innings of two-run baseball while allowing seven Rafter hits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malakai Vetock entered the game to pitch for the Rafters in the ninth.\u00a0 He threw a scoreless top half, as the Rafters had a chance to win in the bottom half.\u00a0 With a 2-2 count and two outs, a pinch hitter, Brendan Bobo, had an RBI single that tied the game up at 3-3.\u00a0 The Rafters would not be able to bring Bobo across, so the game was sent to extras.\u00a0 The Rivets scored one in the top of the 10th, and the Rafters tied it in the bottom half via a Joe Osborn sacrifice fly.\u00a0 Malakai Vetock threw a scoreless frame in the top half of the 11th for the Rafters, as the Rafters had a golden chance to walk it off in the 11th.\u00a0 Ben Ross started on second base for the Rafters, as Chris Conniff was intentionally walked to begin the 11th.\u00a0 Levi Jensen then put down a sacrifice bunt that advanced Ross and Conniff over to second and third.\u00a0 With the game-winning run 90 feet away, Garrett Broussard was given the intentional walk.\u00a0 Colin Tuft came up to the dish and worked the count full.\u00a0 On 3-2, Tuft sent a high chopper out to the Rivets shortstop, who threw it home but was too late as Ross came across to score to give the Rafters another walk-off win, 5-4.\u00a0 Malakai Vetock, after throwing three innings of baseball in which he did not incur an earned run, received the win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Rafters (18-2) and Rivets (10-11) will battle again tomorrow night at Witter Field at 6:35 pm.\u00a0 Catch all the action with Carter Gledhill on the Northwoods League Baseball Network or on WFHR 1320 AM\/97.5 FM with Brett Loftis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 28th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, over 280 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (NYM), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. League games are viewable live at watchnwl.com. For more information, visit www.raftersbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. &#8211; There must be magic in these historic walls, as Witter Field Wonders strike again on Father\u2019s  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":13295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[718,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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